There are many rockers who have sadly passed away before their time and now, Ranker.com has listed which deaths were the most untimely.  Jimi Hendrix, who died at age 27 in 1970 tops the list, followed by John Lennon, Jim Morrison and Freddie Mercury.  John Bonham, Stevie Ray Vaughan, (more...)

ON MARCH 2^ND…

In 1964...The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” was released in the U-S on Tollie Records, the fourth label to release a Beatle record in America. Also on this day, the Beatles started working on their first feature-length movie, A Hard Days Night.

 

In 1968…Blue Cheer gave birth to heavy metal when their interpretation of “Summertime Blues” was released.

 

In 1969…John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed at a jazz festival in Cambridge, England.  It was the first time a Beatle had performed solo.

 

In 1974…Stevie Wonder took home five GRAMMY Awards during ceremonies held at the Hollywood Palladium. The singer was honored for Album of the Year (Innervisions), Best Pop Vocal Performance ("You Are the Sunshine of My Life"), Best R&B Song ("Superstition"), Best R&B Vocal Performance ("Superstition") and Best Engineered Recording (Innervisions). Said Wonder on his five trips up to the podium: “I would like to thank you all for making this the sunshine of my life tonight.”

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Van Halen are currently playing sold-out shows on their latest tour with singer David Lee Roth and the vocalist might feel responsible for their popularity.  Back in the late ‘90s, after David had a falling out with the group, we asked what he thought of them.   “Who cares about Van Halen?  It’s tired.  If Roth’s not on that team, nobody cares.  Nobody wants that record.  Nobody wants (more...)

Jon Bon Jovi turns 50 years old today (3/2).  For almost all of his adult life, he’s been a professional musician.  The job has its highs and lows and we tried to find out about some of the lows from the singer.  "What’s hard about it? Not a lot.  I mean, sure, I miss holidays and birthdays but you know what, compared to the serviceman who is in Iraq for a year and a half or Afghanistan or just in Germany or Japan or anywhere else that we send these guys or a (more...)

Carlos Santana just announced a two-year residency at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, but that’s not all the legendary musician is doing.  Two weeks after he kicks off the Vegas shows, he’ll put out a new solo instrumental album called Shape Shifter.  That hits shelves on May 15^th and not long after, he’ll release a Santana band (more...)

In 1966…A day after Liverpool’s Cavern Club closed due to bankruptcy, a hundred Beatles fans barricaded themselves inside. Still, the vacant venue, where the Beatles had a two-year residency, was later turned into a subway station.

 

In 1969…Jim Morrison was arrested in Miami and charged with “lewd and lascivious behavior in public by exposing his private parts and by simulating masturbation and oral copulation.” He was also charged with open profanity and public drunkenness. The charges stemmed from a wild concert The Doors performed that night at the Dinner Key Auditorium. Morrison was later found guilty of indecent exposure and profanity.

 

In 1970…On The Ed Sullivan Show, two clips were aired of The Beatles performing “Let It Be” and “Two of Us.” It was the last time the band appeared on the show that broke them in America.

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Today (3/1), Roger Daltrey turns 68 years old.  The Who singer has spent over five decades of his life as a rock star and he told us why he decided to become one. “I wanted to be a rock star because it was, rock and roll at the time was breaking the mold.  But then I saw that it was kind of forming its own mold and people were kind of copying the copies of the copies of the copies and I thought, ‘Well this is madness, (more...)

Last year, Steven Tyler released his autobiography, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, and now it seems that the singer’s Aerosmith bandmate, Joe Perry, is following in his footsteps.  Joe tweeted this week that he has “officially started writing” his biography and promised details on the publisher and release date (more...)